Eucumbene Fishing Report

[HUNTRESS]

Fished Eucumbene Dam from the 6th till the 13th of October fishing was generally hard with the fish shutting down over the weekend the the cold change 12-13th.

Trolling averaged around 7 fish per day, 1 boat but putting in long hrs up to 9 hrs per day trolling.

No luck at Seven Gates, Frying pan or up the portal but may be due to the conditions low barometer.

Heard the fishing on the river for the opening was hopeless less than 5 fish from 100 so anglers.

Rainbows marking down on the thermocline at 3.5- 4m taking flat line tassys. Eating lice in the thermocline according to the bloke from fisheries- very helpful.

Browns eating yabbies on the bottom clear marks on the sounder caught on lead lines and deep divers trolled way back. 2 best trout browns 59 and 58 cm weight 5-5.5 lbs.

Fishing poor on the dropping barometer and wind was a shocker

Only saw 4 fish rise the whole trip.

Edited October 16, 2013 by HUNTRESS

[PRED-ATOR]

Thats awesome they are great looking fish.

Are you able to catch and eat yabbies from there?

[HUNTRESS]

Yes you can catch them with drop nets only on Eucumbene, we did try this for 3 days on the darker banks but had not luck.The ones in the photos are out trouts stomach.

All trout we caught were eating yabbies.

[PRED-ATOR]

the place must be packed with them. those trout look great.

are they good to target on the fly at eccumbine or more for trolling? also what other species u get there id love to do it some time

[HUNTRESS]

Yes stuffed, the larger ones look like they had a throw down stubbie in them full of yabbies. Not much of a fly fisherman but will have a go, from around australia day to anzac day is great for brown trout in the lake depending on the levels.

Edited October 15, 2013 by HUNTRESS